1/ Sen. Hawley's argument in this letter rests on a jurisdictional mistake: even if there was a problem with the administration of PA's law sufficient to affect Biden's margin of victory (there wasn't), it is for PA itself to remedy under its own law; that is the power given ... https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1345578501257232384
2/ ... PA's legislature under Article II of the US Constitution. President Trump asked PA's legislature to intervene on the ground that the election went awry. PA's legislature refused to do this. Given this refusal, PA has told Congress who its electors are. Congress has no ...
3/ power under the US Constitution to negate the sovereign will of PA on this point. Sen. Hawley is simply mistaken on this key constitutional point. Unlike the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, there is no genuine dispute now who PA's official electors are. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/29/sorry-president-trump-january-6-is-not-an-election-do-over/
Opinion | Sorry, President Trump. January 6 is not an election do-over.

The role of Congress at the Jan. 6 joint session isn’t to relitigate the election. It’s to accept the votes sent by states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/29/sorry-president-trump-january-6-is-not-an-election-do-over/
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